Old Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara California
Old Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California. It was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén in December 1786 for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash-Barbareño tribe of Native American people. The original church was destroyed in an earthquake and rebuilt. The current facade has a classic, Greco-Roman design copied from a book made by Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.
Old Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara California
Old Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California. It was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén in December 1786 for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash-Barbareño tribe of Native American people. The original church was destroyed in an earthquake and rebuilt. The current facade has a classic, Greco-Roman design copied from a book made by Vitruvius, an ancient Roman architect.